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BOTTLE STOPPER.

Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. DAVIDS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.268,872, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed February 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. DAVIDS, of New York city, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to employ or- ,diuary corks with the well-known advantages resulting from their use by providing convenient attachments, by which the same may be manipulated, combined with a shield or protector for the top of the cork.

I attach aring, of proper size to allow a firm and strong engagement of the finger, by a swivel joint or hingewise to the eye or top of a helical wire which is screwed into the cork, its point being sharpened for this purpose. A sheetmetal disk or washer is placed round the helical wire, and lies between the eye and the cork in which the wire is screwed. This washer strengthens the shank of the he]- ical wire and protects the top of the cork. It gives the stopper a neat finished appearance, and affords a convenient means for displaying the name of the manufacturer, a trademark, or any desired design. Heretot'ore such attachments have been made to be used with a cork stopper, which consisted of the spiral screw for entering and taking hold of the cork, and a loose ring attached to the top ofthe screw, so as to be turned down, as desired. I have improved upon this by combining with it the metal washer above described, which possesses the functions of strengthening the wire protecting the top of the cork and afi'ording a convenient medium for label- 1ng.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and illustrate what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a central section with the parts fully set in a cork, and the cork in a bottle with the ring folded down. Fig.2 is a section of the cork at right angles to Fig. 1 with the ring up, ready to receive afiuger for withdrawing the cork. Fig. 3 shows the device in the act of being inserted in a cork. Fig. 4 shows the device fully in place with the ring folded down. Fig. 5 is an end view with the ring up.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

A is a bottle-cork of ordinary form, size, and texture.

B is a wire of steel or hard iron, formed spiral and sharpenedfor the ready and strong engagement with the cork A. Its upper or outer end is bent around in a small ring, B,

and secured to form a complete and strong eye.

G is my disk or washer, of sheet metal, stamped or otherwise treated in dies to decorateit, and fitted on the wire 13 below the eye, as shown. This disk 0 rests upon the top of the cork when in position and protects it,

while at the same time it strengthens the wire. D is a strong continuous ring, engaged in the eye B, with liberty to turn therein.

I propose to manufacture the parts B O D,

properly engaged together, and supply them to be inserted in the corks A, as required.

M is a bottle-mouth, in which the cork is inserted. Sealing-wax may be applied, if desired, to better close the joint around the cork. In forcing in the cork anyiamount of force applied by hand or by machinery will be distributed over a large surface on the cork by the washer O, and no injury can result.

In the subsequent handling and packing of the bottle the ring D is but little, if at all, in the way.

When it is desired to draw the cork, the ring D is extended up, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and afi'ords areliable hold, while the washer C prevents the wire from being bent to one side or the other.

Modifications may be made in the proportions and form. The spiral or helix in the wire B may have three or more coils, instead of two, as shown. The disk or washer 0 may be flat, as shown in Fig. 2 and the succeeding views, or dished, as shown in Fig. 1. The ring D may be a hollow ring made from sheet metal, properly worked and requiring no sol- 1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set dering; but I prefer for general purposes solid my hand, at New York city, this 15th day of wire bent around and joined by solder. February, 1882, in the presence of two sub- What I desire to claim as my invention scribing witnesses.

1s- 5 The device for insertion in bottle-stoppers, JOHN B. DAVIDS.

herein described,'consisting of the spiral B, having eye B, the loose ring D, and the sheet- Witnesses: metal plate O,thewhole constructed, arranged, CHARLES C. STETSON,

10 combined, and adapted to serve as and for the B. E. D. STAFFORD.

purposes set forth. 

